Shape Shifters Team Chat - October 2025
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@frankwbrown hahaha! It should be able to fly at the very least!
…and now I know how to post videos! Thank you!😊3 -
Stepgoal: 12,000
Sat 10/4: 16,275
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Steps
10/3 7,815
10/4 12,308
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Daily step goal 10000
10/4 10240
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Sometimes, pasta is the answer! Here's a yummy recipe for Puttanesca. Enjoy!
The great thing about this puttanesca sauce is that in addition to pasta, it can be used on chicken and fish. This recipe will be for pasta, but in the case of chicken or fish, you want to season and pan sear the protein on both sides and then finish cooking it in the sauce.
Ingredients:
1lb pasta (linguine, spaghetti, penne, rigatoni, are all fine)Extra virgin olive oil6 cloves of garlic, sliced or minced
1 Fresno pepper, de-seeded and chopped
5 anchovy filets
1 28 oz can of whole tomatoes (I prefer San Marzano)
2 tbsps. capers
1/2 cup sliced Kalamata olives
2 tbsps. chopped parsley
Sauté the garlic in olive oil on medium heat, until fragrant. Add the chopped Fresno pepper and anchovy filets and sauté until the anchovies have dissolved. Add the capers and sauté a few more minutes. Add the tomatoes and raise the heat to medium-high. Once it begins to bubble, sauté for several minutes. Add the olives and parsley. Sauté for several more minutes. Taste and then season with salt and black pepper. The reason for waiting until the end is because the olives, capers, and anchovies are very salty already.
Cook the pasta while you are making the sauce. Once it is ready, drain and add it to the saucepan. Toss in the sauce and serve.2 -
Hello Shape Shifters. The weather looked a bit questionable and it was still very windy. I decided to be safe and just walked from home around the fields here instead of in the forest. I did stay dry though, so that was good. Sore throat came back last evening and during the night. Just felt a little blegh in general today and I was cold a lot which I never am. Still went for my workout at the gym since it wasn't nearly bad enough to fail 75 hard over! Workout actually went pretty good too so I am glad I went. Tinus wanted a looot of laptime today which helped with not being cold, though I was under two blankets at one point. Even though I am only on day 5 of the challenge, I am already feeling a lot better mentally. Just having the routine and crossing things off my paper tracker feels really good. Happy to see my weight going down and resting heart rate dropping. I am hoping to get it under 50 at some point. Good night 🌙
💜 75 hard tracker 💜
Day 5 ~ Oct 5
[ Progress picture ] Done
[ Workout one outdoor ] Walk 62 minutes
[ Workout two ] Weights at the gym ~ 60 minutes
[ Diet ~ under 1800 calories & 115+ protein ] 1657 calories & 126 protein
[ Read 10 pages non-fiction ] Done, currently reading 'Exercised'
[ Water ] Done
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CONGRATS TO ALL OF THE WINNERS AND HONORABLE MENTIONS ABOVE!!! WTG!!!
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Shape Shifter Challenge…
first 5 people from this team to join this week's Group Challenge WIN A PRIZE!!! Make a post that says GROUP CHALLENGE SIGNUP!!It's October Triple Active Week!!Join us for a great week of accomplishment!! I DARE YA!!Jessica 🍁🎃🍂
Not ONE single response…
Jessica
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👟Step Goal:10,000🏃🏻♀️(Thu-Sat)
• Thu 10/02: 4699
• Fri 10/03: 3604
• Sat 10/04: 10859still 10k goal @frankwbrown (even though it doesn’t seem like it lately😑)
Oct; Week2:Skip me please
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alleykat69
steps for Sunday 5
1578
I'm so sick again. All I did today was sleep. I can't eat anything. My whole body hurts. Hope this ends soon. I hate being sick and not able to do anything.
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10/3-10,782
10/4-11,460
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Good morning
I have signed up for this week's challenge @jessicakrall8 although this morning did not go as planned😔
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Steps
10/5 7,015
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Hello Shape Shifters. Today was and still is miserable. I have had some pain on the back of my head behind my right ear for a week or so. Usually started at night and slowly went away during the day, so it wasn't a huge bother. I am pretty used to pain because of my chronic headaches. Last night it flared up a lot worse and I have been in a lot of pain the entire day. I am fairly sure it is occipital neuralgia that I am suffering from. Basically a damaged nerve that runs from the base of the skull along the top of your head. Every second of today has been a constant, throbbing and pulsating pain and I haven't found any relief from it. I took 6 aspirin, I tried a heating pad, I tried my massage gun, I tried stretches I found online; nothing helps and it is driving me insane. With my chronic headaches, the pain is also often constant, but at a level that I am able to mostly ignore. This pain is just horrible and unrelenting. I called for an appointment with the doctor, but the first open spot is Wednesday morning. I really hope it will be less painful tomorrow. I did manage to get my 75 hard tasks done; morning walk and walking pad at home in the afternoon, but both were pretty crappy experiences. At least the weather calmed down enough so I walked in the forest, but I didn't manage to enjoy it very much. Good night 🌙
💜 75 hard tracker 💜
Day 6 ~ Oct 6
[ Progress picture ] Done
[ Workout one outdoor ] Walk 59 minutes
[ Workout two ] Walking pad ~ 45 minutes
[ Diet ~ under 1800 calories & 115+ protein ] 1620 calories & 125 protein
[ Read 10 pages non-fiction ] Done, currently reading 'Exercised'
[ Water ] Done
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I hope you can see the doctor earlier if another patient cancels or something opens up @pupowl. The pain sounds awful and I’m hoping you can get relief soon. It’s amazing that you still managed to walk and complete your other goals despite your pain!
@alleykat69 — I’m sorry to hear you’re feeling sick again and hope you can get some rest. You’ve been dealing with a lot — on top of coping with your grief!I’m sending healing vibes to everyone who is not feeling well* and wishing I could do more. Take care! ❤️🩹
*My friend/colleague is recovering from Covid, which seems to be circulating strongly in our area. Stay safe/ get well soon, Shape Shifters!
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@nancyinmiami — That image made me smile. I think my hair looked a bit like that this morning!
Happy Monday and thanks for sharing another recipe. I might try it this week. 👍🏼
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@frankwbrown my steps
- Sat 10/4 9619
- Sun 10/5 6397
Sorry you're not feeling well @alleykat69 & @pupowl hope you both feel better soon.That recipe looks fab @nancyinmiami will have to try it minus the anchovies & capers as not keen.I did a full class at Dance fit tonight 45 mins it was a more active class than the morning one.I am pleased that I managed to do it & that I remembered all the routines after 4 months absence.There were a couple of new ones to throw me though 😄
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@alleykat69 @Pupowl Hope you both feel better soon! Listen to your body and do what you know is best for you! Thinking of you both!
@LaurieWrobo Monday's are the worst…I get it! Thanks for supporting my challenges!
@nancyinmiami I looked JUST like that this morning! LOL Love your memes!!
Jessica
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JessicaKrall8
PW: 296.6
CW: 296.6
I'll take it.
Jessica
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Daily step goal 10000
10/5 10401
Sunday indoor walkBecause I signed up for the October week 2 group challenge I also completed Dr Jo full body stretch and 2 pushups
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@PatriceFitnessPal Thank you. I can't believe I'm sick again so soon. I slept all day Sunday. Which helped a lot. Finally able to keep food down.
@jessicakrall8 Thank you
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alleykat69
steps for Monday 10/6
5889
Better than I thought I would do.
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Steps
10/6 8,477
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Daily step goal: 5,000
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75 Hard - Day 4 (Monday)
- Diet: 5 servings of fruit and vegetables
- Exercise: 30-minute run
- Alcohol: No alcohol
- Exercise 2: Ab workout with my son, yoga & plank challenges
- Reading: Read 10 pages
- Water: I drank 80 ounces of water but most of it was later in the day so I need to build the habit of drinking more water earlier so I’m not playing catch up.
IMHO, we need more research on migraines and severe headaches, which affect women two (or almost three) times more than men, according to research by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and other groups. I suffered migraines from about age 15 until menopause. These days, I only experience a few headaches a year. It’s such a relief. I really emphasize with anyone dealing with them. If possible, rest is your friend— ❤️🩹
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Hello Shape Shifters. Thanks for all the well wishes. I had a hellishly painful night sadly. For some reason laying down made the already bad pain even worse. I went to bed at 19:30, got up at 7:20 and in that time managed to get a whole 5 hours of sleep. My mom said I could take aspirin and paracetamol together and that it would work better that way (I did look up if it was safe first). I didn't know that, but I was glad to discover she was right. It at least made the pain managable enough that I could get some sleep. It was still one of the worst nights of my life though.
As you can imagine I didn't feel too good this morning. I did get my outdoor walk done, but I did the absolute bare minimum 45 minutes and it was not fun. I picked up my new body warmer after the walk and after breakfast I took another pill mix which helped a lot. I was extremely tired though so I did have a 2,5 hour nap in the afternoon and I cancelled my gym slot. I didn't think it would be smart to lift weights and risk making the problem worse, so I want to clear that with the doctor first. My second workout was another walk at home on the pad. Thankfully I felt a lot better and the pills seemed to work pretty well until around 17:30. I will take new ones before I go to bed in an hour or so. One fun thing is that I got a resting heart rate of 49 yesterday! That is the first time it has gone under 50. It seems like a fluke to me, but it is still cool. Eventually I hope to keep it under 50 every day. Good night 🌙
💜 75 hard tracker 💜
Day 7 ~ Oct 7
[ Progress picture ] Done
[ Workout one outdoor ] Walk 45 minutes
[ Workout two ] Walking pad ~ 45 minutes
[ Diet ~ under 1800 calories & 115+ protein ] 1525 calories & 121 protein
[ Read 10 pages non-fiction ] Done, currently reading 'Exercised'
[ Water ] Done
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